Tag: South Korea
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Symposium on South Korea’s Martial Law Declaration Part 1: Assessing the Ongoing Constitutional Crisis
—Dongeun Joh, Associate Professor, Seoul National University School of Law More than a month has passed since President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of emergency martial law was imposed upon the nation on December 3,2024. While the initial attempt to siege the National Assembly with the military was thwarted by a citizens’ blockade and the martial…
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Symposium on South Korea’s Martial Law Declaration: Introduction
—Yoomin Won, Associate Professor at Seoul National University School of Law On the night of December 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol suddenly declared a state of emergency martial law for the first time in 45 years. For many citizens, martial law was a term found in history books but had long disappeared…
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A Nightmare of Emergency Martial Law in South Korea – Followed by Charges of Insurrection and Impeachment
—Yoomin Won, Associate Professor at Seoul National University School of Law On December 3, 2024, the ghost of martial law, which had been thought to have disappeared, reappeared after 45 years, haunting the people like a nightmare. The constitutional power to demand the lifting of martial law — a safeguard in the 1987 Constitution —…